DEPARTMENTOF

MUSIC

VCU Symphonic Wind Ensembleconducted by Terry Austin

Brass of the Potomacconducted by Stephen Bulla

Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphonyconducted by Aaron Noe

with featured soloists

Joseph Alessi, tromboneRex Richardson, trumpet

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 | 7:30 p.m.Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall

Virginia Commonwealth UniversityW.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts

922 Park Avenue I Richmond, VA

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Program

Concerto N°. 3 for Trumpet & Brass Band.

1. Rowing

2. Dreamy3. Deluge4. Gravestones

5. Rider

.Anthony Plog

Brass of the Potomac with Rex Richardson, trumpet

River Quest Stephen Bulla

Brass of the Potomac with Joseph Alessi, trombone

Three World Winds Allen Vizzutti

1. Scirocco: 'A blistering wind from the Sahara Desert'2. Chinook: 'A moist, warm wind from the Pacific Ocean'3. Cyclone! The Coiled Snake!

Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony with Rex Richardson

Double Back

1. J = 56

2. J = 66

3. J = 90

David Sampson

WORLD PREMIERE

VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemblewith Rex Richardson and Joseph Alessi

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DAVID SAMPSON, compn^r

David Sampson (b. 1951, Charlottesville, Va.) has emerged as one of the truly uniquevoices of his generation. He was Composer-in-Residence with the Colonial SymphonyOrchestra from 1998 through 2007. He is a recipient a 2014 New Jersey State Council onthe Arts Individual Artist Fellowship.

His major works include "The War Prayer" for soloists, chorus and orchestra commissionedbythe National Endowment fortheArts andpremiered by Princeton Pro Musica; "HommageJFK" commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra; "Monument" commissionedby the Barlow Foundation for the Akron and Memphis Symphony Orchestras; "Turns" forcello and orchestra commissioned by the Bergen Foundation and cellist Paul Tobias andpremiered with the NewJersey SymphonyOrchestra; "Triptych" for trumpet and orchestracommissioned by the International Trumpet Guild and premiered by Raymond Mase atthe Aspen Music Festival and with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall;"Dectet" commissioned by the Chicago Chamber Musicians; "Elements" commissionedby the Elements Quartet; "Strata" commissioned by the NEA and the American BrassQuintet; "Jersey Rain" commissioned by the NEA and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundationand premiered by Harmonium and Masterworks Choruses and the Colonial Symphony.

Other works include "Breathing Lessons" for saxophone quartet commissioned byChamber Music America for the Amherst Saxophone Quartet, "Three Portraits" fortuba and orchestra commissioned by Scott Mendoker; "Short Stories" commissionedby Chamber Music America and the Pew Charitable Trusts; "Four Winds" commissionedby the Chelsea Chamber Ensemble; "Moving Parts" written for the Randolph WindEnsemble, David Aulenbach, conductor; and "Simple Lives" commissioned by theColonial Symphony.

Recordings include "Monument," "Triptych," "Hommage JFK," "Three Portraits,""Simple Lives" (Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Alan Baiter, conductor;Raymond Mase, trumpet; Scott Mendoker, tuba; (Summit Records DCD237); "ShortStories" (Dorian Wind Quintet, Summit Records); "Morning Music" and "DistantVoices" (American Brass Quintet, Summit Records); "Reflections on a Dance" (SummitBrass, Summit Records); "The Mysteries Remain" and "Solo" (Raymond Mase, SummitRecords); and "Chants and Flourishes" (American Brass Quintet). "Moving Parts" for windensemble was recorded by both the North Texas Wind Ensemble, Eugene Corporan,conductor and the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz, conductor. His "Serenade"for flugelhorn and string orchestra was recorded by the Czech Philharmonic ChamberOrchestra with Raymond Mase as soloist and Paul Polivnickconducting; and his "Dectet"was recorded by the Wihan Quartet, Afflatus Wind Quintet and pianist Richard Ormrodwith Paul Polivnick conducting. The album "Dectet" (Troy 780) was released on AlbanyRecords. "Chesapeake" (DCD 639), released on Summit Records in September 2014includes works written for the American Brass Quintet as a group and as members ofvarious chamber ensembles. The most recent release on Summit Records is "Notes FromFaraway Places" (DCD 681), a collection of works written between 1980 and 2015.

DavidSampson has received major grants from the NEA, American Academy of Arts andLetters, Barlow Endowment, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Jerome Foundation,Cary Trust, and the Dodge Foundation, among others. He holds degrees from theCurtis Institute of Music, Hunter College, Manhattan School of Music, and the Ecolesd'Art Americaines, where his teachers included Karel Husa, Henri Dutilleux and JohnCorigliano in composition; and Gerard Schwarz, Gilbert Johnson, Robert Nagel, andRaymond Mase in trumpet. His music is published by Editions BIM, Cantate Press andRedrunner Music. He has served on the Board of the Composers Guild of New Jerseyand the Advisory Board of the Bergen Foundation. Currently he is a member of the musicdepartment at Randolph Middle and High Schools in Randolph, N.J.

S_o_p_rajio_CornetMichael Delaune

S_oJ£_£P-rn£iKevin MaloneyDave HaglundJoe Connors

Jacob Dalager

Repiano CornetBeth Ford

Second Cornet

Nick Nichols

Charlotte Olson

Third Cornet

Christopher DennardPaul Klontz

Brass of the Potomac

Stephen Bulla, conductor

FlugelhornJohn Powlison

Tenor Horn

Randi Bulla

Jeb HagueDavid Workman

Baritone

Dan Geldert

Barry Bocaner

Trombone

Christine Purdue

Katie ThigpenZenas Kim-Banther

Bass Trombone

Daniel Pendley

EuphoniumChristopher Buckley

Brandon Jones

Eb BassWillie Clark

Kate Wohlman

Bb Bass

Jess LightnerTom Holtz

Percussion

Glenn Sewell

Steve SkripnikJohn Rugolo

Mid-Atlantic Wind SymphonyAaron Noe, conductor

FluteSue Muchler

Abby WeyantSurima Duckworth

0_b_cieMichael Morley

Christa Noe

Bassoon

Jarrett RodriguezKaren O'Donoghue

ClarinetTeresa Cerritelli

Breanna Gromicko

Alicia Prevost

Rachel SargeantTravis Erickson

Bass Clarinet

Diana Campbell

SaxophonesJohn Barker

John HugginsBrach Cobb

Brian Donnelly

TrumpetDavid MersiovskyMichael Huffman

Michael Berkeley

Horn in F

Ryan ScottKatie Settle

Trombone

Brian Jacobs

Jon Fitzmaurice

Earl Sam

EuphoniumNathan Gredler

Tuba

Gary Carper

Percussion

Jim Steime

Gilson Fearnow

Andrew Diehr

Nick Bullard

Symphonic Wind EnsembleDr. Terry Austin, conductor

Flute

Anamarie Diaz

Kelly Sickal, piccoloKiera Croswell

Iman Williams

Oboe

Amanda Hanlon

Sam Roche

Bassoon

Anthony CavanaughIsaac Bowser, contrabassoon

Olivia Taylor

ClarinetKevin Breiner

Emory FreemanJeromy MyersJason KincyLewis Vaden

Simone Monroe

Aleeyah FryeAaron HallowayJacob Sanford

Bass Clarinet

Christopher Myers

SaxophoneThomas Stogoski, alto

Jacob Bennett, altoMatthew Glasgow, tenorDaniel Adams, baritone

TrumpetJonathan Forbes

Scot Mitchell

Zack Forbes

Mason Klein

Robert Williamson

Eric Liverman

Horn

Noah Fotis

Alexandra Mattson

Jasmine CorceliusThomas Ossi

Cassandra CardarelliKayla Modlin

Trombone

Jason Garland

Ben Culver

Byron MaldonadoMichael Dickinson, bass

EuphoniumBrian Harold

Aaron McNair

Tuba

Ian JeffreyJami Hagood

Theodore Learnard

String BassKyffin Salter

Percussion

Dr. Justin Alexander

Andrew Diehr

Nick Bullard

Justin Willbanks

Dylan StoneJaleel Jackson

James Adams

combo featuring straight ahead jazz standards as well as orginals; and his latest project:Aaron Noe & the Big Funky Band, a 12-piece funk/fusion group featuring modern andclassic funk, R&B and modern music. He has also performed as a solo artist and hasperformed with such artists and groups as James Moody, Eric Marienthal, The JimmyDorsey Orchestra, and The Okayssions.

In addition to performing, Aaron Noe has served as an educator for over 18years. Hisservice to the education field included teaching high school band, music theory, jazzperformance & improvisation as well as teaching trumpet and brass pedagogy at theUniversity of Mary Washington. He continues to serve the education community throughclinics, guest appearances, and educational lecture performances. Noe holds a B.S. inMusic Education from Greensboro College and an M.M. from Virginia CommonwealthUniversity.

REX RICHARDSON, trumpet

Hailed in classical circlesas "among the very best trumpet soloists in the world today,"(International Trumpet Guild) and in jazz as "a standout soloist with the power, rangeand flexibility to rival Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw," (DownBeat Magazine) YamahaPerforming Artist Rex Richardson was named the 2008 Brass Herald Personality of theYear.

A veteran of the acclaimed chamber ensemble Rhythm & Brass, jazz legend JoeHenderson's Quintet and Sextet, William Russo's Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and the BrassBand of Battle Creek, known as the world's "Rolls Royce of Brass Bands" (Brass BandWorld), he stays busy as a headline artist at international brass and jazz festivals andas a soloist with orchestras, concert bands, brass bands and jazz ensembles on fivecontinents. These ensembles have ranged from the Phoenix Symphony to the U.S. ArmyField Band, and from England'sFodens BrassBandto the U.S. AirForce'sAirmen of NoteJazz Ensemble.

Born in the Napa Valley area and adopted into a military family, Richardson spent amusical childhood in various far-flung areas of the U.S., including Hawaii,Alaska, New YorkCity, and Boston before settling outside Washington, D.C. It was here that he plungedheadlong into the trumpet world, studying with Dennis Edelbrock and Chris Gekker.While still a teenager, he was regularly engaged forsome ofthe most challengingworksinthe repertoire, including Bach's Cantatas and the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto. After highschool he continued his studies in Chicago with VincentCichowicz, becoming a fixture onthe music scene through performances with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and virtuallyall of the city'stop jazzmusicians. Having joined Rhythm &Brass and signed with Yamahain 1995, Richardson moved to New YorkCity in 1997,where he immediately began touringwithJoe Henderson and began pursuit of his classical solo career inearnest.

Richardson has collaborated with countless legendary artists and ensembles, includingBrian Blade, Benny Carter, Boston Brass, Ray Charles, Mike Clarke, Dave Douglas, KurtElling, Carl Fontana, Aretha Franklin, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Conrad Herwig,Dave Holland, Dave Liebman, Keith Lockhart, James Morrison, Jimmy Owens, Jim Pugh,Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Arturo Sandoval, Bobby Shew,AllenVizzutti, Bill Watrous,and SteveWilson. Jazz trumpet star Dave Douglas has called Rex "A national treasure."(Style Weekly magazine)

Richardson has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2002. He served asYamaha Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester,England for spring of 2012 and thereafter served the RNCM as International Tutor inTrumpet until 2015.

In 2009 he was presented with the VCU School of the Arts highest honor, the Awardof Excellence, and he has been awarded the 2011 Theresa Pollack Prize for Excellencein the Arts. The Pollack Prize selectors wrote: "Richardson stands at the vanguard ofjazz, classical and contemporary American music. As his star has risen internationally,he's maintained a clear commitment to education through his position at VCU. He is anextraordinary musician."

University School of the Arts DistinguishedAchievement Award of Excellence.

Austin sfounded and conducts the Greater Richmond Youth Wind Ensemble, anensemble of the finest high school musicians in the Richmond metropolitan area, andthe Commonwealth Winds, an ensemble comprised of Richmond area teachers andprofessional performers.

Austin earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Indiana University, a Master of Artsin Music Education from the University of Hawaii, and a Doctor of Philosophy in MusicEducation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Richmond with his wife,Tracia and twin sons Joshua and Seth.

STEPHEN BULLA, conductor. Brass of the Potomac

Stephen Bulla began his musical instruction at age six, growing up in a musical householdwhere his father played tuba and his mother played piano. He eventually graduatedMagna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied trombonewith Phil Wilson and Composition/Arranging with Herb Pomeroy.

In 1980 he won an audition for the position of Staff Arranger to "The President's Own"UnitedStates MarineBand and Chamber Orchestra inWashington DC.Forthe next thirtyyears he would provide musical scores for myriad White House events, beginning with theReagan era until 2010.

Working alongside film score legend John Williams, he has transcribed music from"Star Wars," "Catch Me If You Can" and "Close Encounters" for performances by theMarine Band with the composer conducting. He has also scored music for the DiscoveryChannel ("Wings of the Luftwaffe" and "Century of Flight") and PBStelevision series "InPerformance At The White House." Here artists including Sarah Vaughan, The ManhattanTransfer, Mel Torme, Doc Severinsen, Nell Carter, Shirley Jones, LarryGatlin and JordanSparks performed his arrangements.

His commissioned concert works are performed and recorded internationally. TheDutch, British, Swissand New Zealand Brass Band Championship organizations have allcommissioned test pieces from his pen. According to a recent ASCAP survey his musichas been used on the following television programs: CSI Miami, Cold Case, Jag, Joanof Arcadia, Without A Trace, Guiding Light, Ren and Stimpy, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes andSurvivor.

One of many career highlights to date was a commission from the Library of Congressto complete and orchestrate the last known manuscript march of John PhilipSousa. Thatmusic with a recording is available free from the Library's web site.

For fifteen years he conducted the National Capital Band (Washington DC), producingseveral CDs and touring Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and Scandinavia while directingthis ensemble. He presently serves as artistic director and principal conductor for NewEngland Brass Band and Brass Of The Potomac. Both of these ensembles are non-profitorganizations providing music for community events, arts programs and educationaloutreach in local public schools.

Stephen Bulla is a member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, andPublishers) and has received that organization's Performance Award annually since 1984.He travels often as a guest conductor for All-State band events around the country.

AARON NOE. conductor. Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony

Aaron Noe is the Conductor &Artist Directorof the Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony. TheMid-Atlantic Wind Symphony (MAWS) is an invitational wind orchestra comprised ofprofessional musiciansfrom the mid-atlantic region volunteering their time to promotewind band literature. MAWS is dedicated to the promotion of the finest classical bandmusicthrough the performance of compositions by modern composers whilerespectingthe rich heritageofthe American Wind Ensemble as established byJohn Philip Sousaandhis contemporaries.

Asa trumpet player, Noehasperformed throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region insomeofthe top venues and festvals. He has appeared leading his own groups The Aaron NoeJazz Orchestra, a classic Big Band playing swing and jazz; The Aaron Noe Jazz 4, a jazz

Rex Rirfrardson commissions A new concerti through VCU research grantfrom International Trumpet Guild with attribution to

Tay|0r Barnett, jazz improvisation &musicianship studies instructor, VCU

International soloist, Yamaha Performing Artist, and Virginia Commonwealth Universityprofessor Rex Richardson has made a significant contribution to the solo trumpetrepertoire by commissioning four new trumpet concertos by acclaimed composersAnthony Plog. David Sampson, Andy Scott, andAllen Vizzutti.

These commissions were made possible by a $50,000 grant from the VirginiaCommonwealth University Presidential Research Quest Fund. While this represents thefirst time in VCU historythat this grant has been awarded to a purely artistic endeavor,Richardson's proposal was a natural extension of Quest for Distinction, the strategicmission of the university, which outlines VCU's commitment to "research that expandsthe boundaries of newknowledgeand creativeexpression." University President MichaelRao's explains his enthusiastic support ofthis project, writing: "I've had the pleasure oflistening to Rex's performances and am so happy that he'sa member of the VCU family.Hisclassicaltraining combined with flawless jazz improvisation is what makes him a true21st-century artist."

"This grant from VCU has provided the global trumpet community with an amazingopportunity," said Richardson. "I am so thankful that the committee viewed this projectas worthwhile." He explains his choice of collaborators by stating: "These composerscould not be more different in terms of their writing style and backgrounds, but they'reall tremendous artists that I consider good friends. I am elated and honored to be the'liaison' between them and the trumpet world."

Thefirstof these piecesto premiere wasAnthony Plog's ConcertoNo. 3 forTrumpet andBrass Band, which is scored for C or B-flat trumpet and flugelhorn. Plog said his artisticgoalforthe piecewas"to write a work that would showcase the talentsof Rex Richardsonwhen combined with brass band, towrite apiece that would bedifferent from my first andsecond concerti, and to strivefor a piece tnat was substantial rather than just a virtuososhowcase." Each of the concerto's five movements—"Rowing," "Dreamy," "Deluge,""Gravestones," and "Rider"—draw their title from paintingsby Wassily Kandinsky fromhisset of Improvisation paintings, which also provided the inspiration for the form andcontent of the work.Thispiece was commissioned by a 23-member consortium.

Richardson premiered the Plog Concerto at the 2016 National Trumpet Competition inColumbus, Ga., with the Brass Band of Central Florida, conducted by Chad Snoopman.Additional performances tookplacenearWashington, D.C. with the Brass ofthe Potomac,conducted bySteve Bulla, andwith the Lexington Brass Band, underthe batonofVincentDiMartino.

David Sampson's Double Back for Solo Trumpet and Trombone with Wind Ensemble,scored forCorB-flat trumpet, was composed forRex Richardson andJoeAlessi, principaltrombone of the NewYork Philharmonic, and was commissioned as part of a consortium.Sampson and Alessi have been colleagues and friends since theirdaysas students at theCurtisInstituteof Music, while the composer's relationship withRichardson ismore recent.Sampson remembers hismeeting with Richardson as an auspicious occasion: "I met withRex over coffee and some great food. We exchanged CDs, shared some stories, andexpressed a desire to work together some day. The recordings that Rex shared with meincluded a mixture ofcontemporary works alongwith an amazing arrayofjazz selections.Itwasthen that Ihopedforan opportunity to be able to write for Rex."

The third movement of the resulting double concertowas first performed at the 2015Midwest Clinic with Jim Pugh as the trombone soloist and the U.S. Army Field Band,Terry Austin conducting. Asecond performance of the third movement was given at the2016 American Bandmasters Association convention by Austin and the Field Band, thistime featuring Alessi and Chris Martin, newly appointed principal trumpet of the NewYork Philharmonic. Aworld premiere ofthefull, 25-minute long concerto isscheduled forNovember29at VCU withRichardson and Alessi and the VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble,again directed by Terry Austin. Another performance isalready in the works forSpring2017 withthe Ridgewood Concert Band in NewJersey, Chris Wilhjelm conducting, withMartin and Alessi as soloists.

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Wagner's

Trom

boneC

oncertoin

Februaryof2007.

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been

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Lincoln

Symphony,

National

Repertory

Orchestra,

Colorado

Symphony

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anyprofessional

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Virginia

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numerous

journalsand

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generaleditor

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Austin

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National

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erica'sTeachers.H

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ultiplerecipientoftheN

ationalB

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itationof

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Virginia

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